Our Mission is to further the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment.
The EIB Group promotes Corporate Responsibility through its mission and activities in the service of the European Union, through the way it implements these and through its internal management.
The EIB attaches great importance to engaging with civil society and building cooperative relations with its representatives.
The EIB is launching today a public consultation on its Complaints Mechanism Policy, Public Disclosure Policy and Transparency Policy. The documents are available in English, French and German.
Interested organizations and individuals are invited to comment on the Complaints Mechanism Policy, the Public Disclosure Policy and/or the Transparency Policy. The public consultation will include two rounds, if there is sufficient stakeholder interest. The first round will last until 24 July 2009. An extension of the process would include a second round of 20 working days, based on second draft, taking into account stakeholder comments from the first round. In any event, the Bank will adopt a flexible approach in terms of timetable and procedures to allow a meaningful consultation.
An inter-directorate Review Panel will be set up in the Bank to examine stakeholder proposals and comments. The Panel's evaluations will provide the framework for any redrafting of the policies.
After completion of the consultation process, the draft revised policies will be presented, together with a draft Consultation Report, to the EIB's Management Committee and Board of Directors. The Report will outline how the consultation process was conducted and include all stakeholder submissions and reasoned EIB positions on the extent in which these were taken into account.
15 working days prior to Board consideration, the draft policies and Consultation Report will be published, for information, on the EIB website.
After Board approval, the final versions of the new EIB Complaints Mechanism Policy, Public Disclosure Policy and Transparency Policy and the Consultation Report will be published on the EIB website.
For comment:
Comments should be forwarded before 24 July 2009 in writing by e-mail to m.delvalle@eib.org.
Contributions can also be faxed to +352 4379 62000 or sent by post to European Investment Bank, Communications Department, Civil Society Unit, Yasmine Khayat, 100 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2950 Luxembourg.
| Date | |
|---|---|
| 18 May 2009 |
Launch of the public consultation process by announcement on the EIB website. Draft revised policies posted on the website for comments. Direct announcement to those organisations and individuals who have shown a particular interest in the Bank and/or its Complaints Mechanism Policy, Public Disclosure Policy and Transparency Policy. |
| 22 June 2009 |
Consultation Meeting in Brussels. Further information will follow shortly. |
| 24 July 2009 |
Deadline for submitting contributions. |
| End September- Early October |
Stakeholder contributions presented to the EIB Management Committee, together with a revised draft policies. |
| October-November |
Second round of consultation (if sufficient stakeholder interest would justify). The second round would focus on a revised draft, taking account of stakeholder contributions from the first round. If a second round would not be held, this would be announced and explained before completion of the first round, both on the EIB website and directly to parties involved or showing a particular interest in the consultation process. |
For further information please contact:
Matilde del Valle
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